obiter
English
Etymology
Adverb
obiter (not comparable)
- Incidentally; in passing.
- Template:RQ:RBrtn AntmyMlncly, New York, 2001, p.206:
- I will not here stand to discuss obiter, whether stars be causes, or signs; or to apologize for judicial astrology.
- Template:RQ:RBrtn AntmyMlncly, New York, 2001, p.206:
Noun
obiter (plural obiters)
- (law) An obiter dictum; a statement from the bench commenting on a point of law which is not necessary for the judgment at hand and therefore has no judicial weight, as opposed to ratio decidendi.
Coordinate terms
Anagrams
Latin
Adverb
obiter (not comparable)
- on the way
- incidentally
References
- “obiter”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “obiter”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- obiter in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.